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Kinglet API
Each function is preceded with /api/v1.
Messages
Each URI ends with a query string /?user_name=[user_name]&user_id=[user_id]&session_id=[session_id.
example displaying message number 5:
GET /api/v1/messages/5/ru8er03jjg3k40vjl09/23/JR
[X] GET /messages - homepage. stream. messages created by or sent to the logged in user.
[X] GET /messages/page/3 - page three of the stream.
[X] GET /messages/since/[date] - for the logged-in user, get all new messages received since the supplied date, which is in epoch seconds.
[X] GET /messages/5 - retrieve message 5.
[X] POST /messages - create a new message.
[X] GET /messages/5/replies - retrieve all reply messages for message 5.
[X] POST /messages/5/replies - create a reply message to message 5.
[X] GET /messages/threads - list the messages that start new discussions.
Users
# = URI ends with a query string /?user_name=[user_name]&user_id=[user_id]&session_id=[session_id.
[X] GET /users/JR - retrieve user info for user name JR. #
[X] POST /users - create a new user account.
[X] GET /users/activate/[user_digest] - activate user account
[X] GET /users/JR/logout - logout user JR. #
[X] POST /users/login - login user.
[X] POST /users/password - retrieve new password for existing account. user would not be logged in. this would be executed for someone who forgot or lost password.
[X] PUT /users/password - change password for existing account. user must be logged-in. #
[X] PUT /users - update e-mail and/or profile description for the user #
User actions:
- create account
- activate account
- login
- change password
- change e-mail and profile description
- retrieve user profile info
- request new password
- logout
Message actions:
- create a new message
- get single message
- create a reply to a particular message
- retrieve all replies for a message
- get user's stream of all messages (sent and received)
- get user's new messages received since supplied date
- need to create a 2nd user account for testing
- list the new messages that start a discussion thread
Test script order
- create account
- activate account
- login
- create a new message
- get single message
- create a reply to a particular message
- retrieve all replies for a message
- get user's stream of all messages (sent and received)
- get user's new messages received since supplied date
- list the new messages that start a discussion thread
- change password
- change e-mail and profile description
- retrieve user profile info
- request new password
- logout
Returned JSON
Create New User Account
{
"status" : 201,
"user_id" : "9",
"user_name" : "1389906958",
"password" : "khd7vj4m",
"email" : "1389906958@test.com",
"user_digest" : "p7X4CwwLSuqD2bjYIATcw",
"description" : "Created"
}
Activate Account
{
"status" : 200,
"description" : "OK"
}
Log In
{
"status" : 200,
"user_id" : "17",
"user_name" : "kinglettest1389911089",
"session_id" : "LUb83Dw38nnqMOI47NVZw"
}
Successfully Change Password
{
"session_id" : "3Ms41qwZfjuHW2kUmNeOg",
"status" : 200,
"user_id" : "20",
"user_name" : "kinglettest1389912835"
}
Unsuccessfully Changed Password
{
"status" : 400,
"description" : "Bad Request",
"user_message" : "Old password is incorrect.",
"system_message" : "Try again. oldpwd=ykboQdwz7h0qXrPoUJKGaw - pwd=9gz3Ijf8GhCdFCqsma+dvw - olddig=AVQk3qoFBzn2yrbEIVVA - digest=5BYzikIRrokcaEQmGIeSA"
}
Successfully Updated User Profile Page
{
"status" : 200
}
Successfully Displayed User Profile Page
{
"desc_markup" : "this is my boring profile page.",
"status" : 200,
"created_date" : "Jan 16, 2014",
"user_name" : "kinglettest1389915584",
"email" : "kinglettest1389915584@testnew.com",
"user_status" : "o",
"user_id" : "21",
"digest" : "q5JUMA9YC2GgkMwb8s19Mg",
"desc_format" : "this is my boring profile page."
}
Unsuccessfully Retrieved New Password
{
"status" : "404",
"description" : "Not Found",
"user_message" : "Invalid input.",
"system_message" : "Username and/or e-mail does not exist."
}
Successfully Retrieved New Password
{
"email" : "kinglettest1389921202@test.com",
"status" : 200,
"new_password" : "7rqqawh8"
}
Successfully Logged Out
{
"status" : 200,
"description" : "OK"
}
Successfully Created a New Message
{
"message_id" : "35",
"status" : 201,
"description" : "Created"
}
Successfully Read a Message
{
"content_digest" : "yGK8VYhKj5dJV7AhJMNP9Q",
"author_name" : "kinglettest1389981418",
"author_id" : "32",
"message_id" : "36",
"status" : 200,
"created_date" : "Jan 17, 2014 at 06:03:54 PM",
"message_status" : "o",
"description" : "OK",
"recipient_names" : "|kinglettest1389981418|",
"parent_id" : "0",
"reply_count" : "0",
"message_text" : "<a href=\"/user/kinglettest1389981418\">@kinglettest1389981418</a> sending a messsage to myself."
}
Successfully Added Reply Message
{
"message_id" : "37",
"status" : 201,
"description" : "Created"
}
Successfully Retrieving All Replies
{
"messages":
[
{
"author_name" :"kinglettest1389981418",
"message_id" : "37",
"message_status" : "o",
"created_date" : "1 hr ago",
"parent_id" : "36",
"recipient_names" : "kinglettest1389981418",
"author_type" : "you",
"logged_in_user" : "32",
"message_text" : "This is a reply message.","reply_count":"0"
}
],
"status" : 200,
"description" : "OK",
"next_link_bool" : 0
}
Successfully Retrieved All of a User's Messages, Sent and Received
{
"messages"
[
{
"author_name" : "kinglettest1389981418",
"message_id" : "37",
"message_status" : "o",
"created_date" : "1 hr ago",
"parent_id" : "36",
"recipient_names" : "kinglettest1389981418",
"author_type" : "you",
"logged_in_user" : "32",
"message_text" : "This is a reply message.",
"reply_count" : "0"
},
{
"author_name" : "kinglettest1389981418",
"message_id" : "36",
"message_status" : "o",
"created_date" : "2 hrs ago",
"parent_id" : "0",
"recipient_names" : "kinglettest1389981418",
"logged_in_user" : "32",
"author_type" : "you",
"message_text" : "<a href=\"/user/kinglettest1389981418\">@kinglettest1389981418</a> sending a messsage to myself.",
"reply_count" : "1"
}
],
"status" : 200,
"description" : "OK",
"next_link_bool" : 0
}
No New Messages Received Since a Specified Date
{
"new_message_count" : 0,
"status" : 200,
"description" : "OK"
}
Successfully retrieved all new messages that start new discussions threads involving the user
{
"status" : 200,
"description" : "OK",
"threads" :
[
{
"author_name" : "kinglettest1389981418",
"last_message_date" : "2 hrs ago",
"message_id" : "36",
"created_date" : "2 hrs ago",
"last_message_id" : "37",
"recipient_names" : "kinglettest1389981418",
"logged_in_user" : "32",
"message_text" : "sending a messsage to myself.",
"last_message_author_name" : "kinglettest1389981418",
"reply_count" : "1"
}
]
}
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